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  • The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) and Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) are tools to measure dietary adherence aimed at preventing chronic illnesses like dyslipidemia, and this review analyzed their relationship with lipid profiles in healthy individuals.
  • A systematic search identified 17 relevant studies, finding most showed a significant link between higher HEI scores and better lipid profiles, including reduced LDL cholesterol and improved HDL cholesterol levels.
  • The study concludes that healthier eating patterns associated with higher HEI/AHEI scores correlate with improved lipid profiles, suggesting a need for further research to support these findings.

Article Abstract

Background: The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) and Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) are instruments developed by competing American research teams, aiming to assess the level of adherence to a dietary pattern, claimed to prevent chronic illness conditions such as dyslipidemia. This systematic review evaluated cross-sectional studies examining the association between HEI/AHEI score and the lipid profile in healthy participants.

Methods: The systematic review was Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) compliant, and a search process was conducted through Scopus, Web of Knowledge, Google Scholar, Cochrane, PubMed, and ScienceDirect up to November 2022. Studies assessing the relationship between HEI/AHEI and lipid profile (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglyceride (TG)) were eligible for inclusion. The statistical differences in outcomes, anthropometric indices, and demographic data were extracted from the selected studies. Also, the quality assessment of studies was performed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.

Results: The systematic search presented 17 cross-sectional studies. Most of the studies revealed a significant correlation between HEI score and lipid profile (LDL-C, HDL-C, TG, and TC) ( < 0.05), while a few of them indicated a significant relationship between AHEI score and these factors. Overall, the elevation of HEI/AHEI score was associated with the improvement in lipid profile ( < 0.05), though this association was more obvious for HEI compared with AHEI.

Conclusions: Overall, the results of the study indicated that an improved lipid profile in healthy individuals is associated with a higher score in either HEI or AHEI. Further research in the future is required to confirm the claim.

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